Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-129

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Tuesday, October 26, 1971 · 8:35 AM–8:49 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation012-129 on Tape 12 (tape position 05:30:07–05:30:14)StartTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 8:35 AMEndTuesday, October 26, 1971 at 8:49 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-129 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a call to the White House operator to be connected with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate communication between the President and the Secretary. No further policy discussions occurred during this specific interaction.

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Terry Rogers, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On October 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:49 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-129 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-129

Date: October 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:35 am and 8:49 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 601-35]

     Request for call to William P. Rogers

Also recorded on October 26, 1971

  • 013-001 8:35 AM · 8 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 10:15 am, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 013-002 8:35 AM · 9 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 10:15 am, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 601-035 8:35 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:49 am.
  • 601-036 8:35 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William P. Rogers, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 10:00 am.
  • 012-130 8:49 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 8:49 am to 8:55 am.
  • 602-001 9:01 AM · 1 hr 40 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Alexander P. Butterfield, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Peter M. Flanigan, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:01 am and 11:09 am.
  • 013-003 10:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:15 am to 10:16 am.
  • 013-004 10:16 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:17 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 012-129, October 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-129 (accessed October 12, 2026).